National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

On September 5, 2006, the White House released the 2006 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. This report examines the Strategy in the context of its predecessor, released in 2003, and identifies issues and options for consideration by Congress. The 2006 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism provides a framework for protecting the United States and its allies from terrorist attacks. Core components of the Strategy are to disrupt and disable terrorist networks across the globe, and foster international cooperation in these efforts, Creating a global intolerance of terrorism is central as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473792

Entities

People

  • Raphael F. Perl

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Diplomacy
  • Governments
  • Middle East
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Public Policy
  • South Asia
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies